Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-31
DISCOUNTS MAXWELL.
Captain Unger Of New York Makes a
Clean Breast Of the Killing Of
August Bohle,
BOhle Attacked Him with q Knife and
He Sunk the Poll OF q Hammer
in His Brain.
in the River. and Shipped the L ST
to baltimore.
now IT WAS WORKED.

HOW IT WAS WORKED.
NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-Edward Unger,
! the murderer of August Bohle, whose
body was found last week in trunk
shipped to Baltimore, has made full
confession of the killing Ungar was
arrested on Thursday last and after be-
ing short time locked in a Cell he was
brought before Inspector Byrne. In the
room was table or WIN ch had been
placed the hammer with which Bohle was
billed, the knife and saw used to cut up
the body and the rubber clothing in which
the body was wrapped after the killing.
The chair upon which Unger seaten him
self was so arranged that ne could see
little else in the room save the bloody
weapons. He was asked if he wished to
say anything. He shook his head, but
suddenly SAID: "BOhle has gone to Cal
cage, and will turn up in q few days"
The Inspector was sitting al the table. He
| had
| THE BLOODY HAMMER
in his hand and Carelessly asked Unger
what he meant by that. But Unger
would say nothing further then. The
| sight of the instrument on the table
seemed not to affect him, and the Chief
of Detectives deemed the man stubborn
Inspector Byrne concluded to say no
more to him at the time, but to confront
him soon and at intervals with people he
knew, and also to confront him frequently
with the evidences of the killing. Mrs
Siefel, the wife of the Brooklyn sausage
maker, YVES brought to identify Unger.
! He was much surprised TO see her, but
was not allowed to talk. On Friday he
was Identified by Mrs. Benz, the B :oOk-
/ Ign saloon keepers wife, whose husband
stored the trunk for Unger while the lat
ter sought an eXpressman. Every time
| Unger left his cell he was
CONFRONTED BY SOME EVIDENCE
of the crime Of which ne was believed to
be the author. A detective watched con-
stantly at the door of the cell in which
Unger was confined, but under strict or
ders not to respond If the prisoner at
tempted conversation, which he did at
times. Being brought many times before
Inspector Byrne and his own ac-
quaintances without being allowed
to talk at length rendered Unger irritable
and nervous.
Friday afternoon Byrne took the
HAMMER, SAW AND KNIFE
and rubber cloths to Unger's cell and
asked if he had not seen them before, in
manner as though Unger had not been
half DOZEN times confronted with them.
Unger was startled but said he had never
before seen the bloody tokens. Then he
was taken to court and remanded, and on
the way back remarked to Inspector
Byrne: "You are trying to hang me.''
The trunk with the body arrived from
Baltimore yesterday. The body was sent
to the morgue. That night Byrne went
to Upger's cell and asked him how he |
felt.
"Pretty WE'LL" SAID he, huskily. Then
the Inspector unlocked the cell door and |
Detective Hickey called Unger into the |
corridor, where the lights were turned |
low. The prisoner stepped forth but did
not see the Inspector until the latter
called him by name. As he turned he saw
Byrne stand ne and
POINTING AT THE TRUNK,
which had held Bohle's dead body. I'm
ger staggered al the sight and tottered
towards mis- cell. Byrne then took from
the trunk piece OF the murdered mans
coat, which had been used to wrap
the body and holding it before the prison.
ers eyes, asked him where the rest Of
Bohle's coat was. Unger shuddered at
the sight of the bloOd-stiffened garment
and clssping his hands over his eyes was
about to fall when Detective Hickey
caught him and seated him upon couch
in the corridor. He sat down upon it and
removing his hands glanced about him.
Suddenly and with
STARTLED GROAN
he sprsng to his feet asking if ne could
change his seat and took d prodered
chair. The couch on which he had been
seated, was the one found in Unger's
room after his arrest. Unger's face be-
came CHASTITY pale, and when assisted to
his cell, he was almost in fainting con-
ditiOn. Inspector Byrnes then told Unger
he would be near at hand when he
was ready TO talk, and when the Inspector !
returned from supper UngeI had asked to {
see him. Again Unger was Drought to
Byrne's room, where sill the bloody to-
kens confronted him. |
81 want to tell the whole truth about
the business" he said to the chief. He {
then told this story, which was taken in {
writing: 6
THE CONFESSION. s
81 live at No. % Ridge street. | have {
known August Bohle since November, t
1856. first met him at my saloon, No.
d blulluSe stlet l, WueIc lie CdllSQ III
answer to al advertisement which l had
put In the StaatsZvitung for partner. !
We, could not agree upon terms, and
subsequently gave up the
business at that number. l then went to +
i've at No. 90 Ridge street. short time :
afterwards August ca re to live with ME =
the arrangement being that he was to g,
Day ODe-hslf the rent, which was $50 >
ont irI ba
expenses. On the night of January 20, :
SS7, after supper, my son, Edward, LETT :
he house, leaving Bohle AMI myself in :,
he rooms. We remained, talking and :,
alking, until about $50. Bohle was a
cry powerful man and
WAS SWEARING
bout his hard luck. He called me -.
told MIN | was no and
'ut my hand up to shove him away. He n
hen struck HE on the neck with his fist '
nd knocked me down. | sprang to nv Il